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The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter…
The defence of the nonconformists plea for peace, or, An account of the matter of their nonconformity against Mr. J. Cheney's answer called The conforming nonconformist, and The nonconforming conformist : to which is added the second part in answer to Mr. Cheney's Five undertakings / by Richard Baxter.
London: printed for Benjamin Alsop, 1680
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3. That by denying the truth of so universal concurrent Tradition, as the form of Baptism hath; you will shake Mens Faith by weakening the Credit of that Tradition, by which we have received the Bible: It being a harder matter to keep all the words of such a Book, than the Form of Baptism, used on every Christian in the World.
3. That by denying the truth of so universal concurrent Tradition, as the form of Baptism hath; you will shake Mens Faith by weakning the Credit of that Tradition, by which we have received the Bible: It being a harder matter to keep all the words of such a Book, than the Form of Baptism, used on every Christian in the World.
4. That you will too grossly reproach all the Christian Churches, as if they had in all Ages and Places been ignorant what Christening and Christianity is, and had used a false Baptism, till of late.
4. That you will too grosly reproach all the Christian Churches, as if they had in all Ages and Places been ignorant what Christening and Christianity is, and had used a false Baptism, till of late.
5. You will contradict the Church of England which you Conform to, and all the Churches now in the World, which in their form of Baptizing, and their Catechisms and Confessions tell us, of no Baptism, but what is a present Covenanting with God the Father, Son, and Holy Ghost, as consenters to his Covenant, giving up our selves to him in the foresaid Relations, for present Pardon, &c. See Dr. Hammond's Pract. Cat. of the Baptismal Vow. ⟨p. 153⟩And is all this fit Work for two or three singular Men? To deny the said History, is to be grossly Ignorant, or Immodest.